In November 2008, deadly clashes between mobs of Muslim and Christian and the excessive use of force by security forces left more than 700 dead in Jos, Plateau State. Human Rights Watch testified before the Plateau State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on July 20 and recounted chilling accounts of policemen and soldiers gunning down unarmed citizens in their homes, chasing down and killing men trying to flee to safety, and lining victims up on the ground and summarily executing them.